Collateral A Novel
Collateral, a novel by Ellen Hopkins, is published by Atria Books and was released on November 6, 2012. This first edition spans 512 pages and is written in English. The story follows Ashley, a graduate student at San Diego State University, who finds herself in a complex relationship with Cole, a Marine deployed to Afghanistan. As their passionate love affair unfolds over five years and multiple deployments, Ashley grapples with her feelings about the war and its impact on their lives.
In this narrative, Hopkins employs her signature poetic verse style to explore the emotional landscape of those affected by war. Readers will encounter themes of love, sacrifice, and the psychological toll of military life, as Ashley navigates her connection with Cole while also meeting a college professor who offers a glimpse of a different future. Collateral delves into the struggles faced by both soldiers and their loved ones, raising questions about the true cost of conflict and the collateral damage it inflicts on personal relationships.
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From the sensational writer of the young adult classics Tilt, Crank, and Perfect—and the New York Times bestselling author of the adult novel Triangles—the gripping story of a woman torn between love for her boyfriend, a dedicated Marine deployed to Afghanistan, and the resentment she has for the war that is tearing their lives apart.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Triangles comes an exquisitely told story about a young woman torn between passionate first love and the gripping realities of war.
Meet Ashley, a graduate student at San Diego State University. She was raised in northern California reading poetry and singing backupin her best friend’s band. The last thing she ever expected was to end up a military wife. But one night, she meets a handsome Marine named Cole. He doesn’t match the stereotype of the aggressive military man she’d always presumed to be true; he’s passionate and romantic, and he even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a deeply felt, sexually charged love affair that goes on for five years and survives four deployments. Cole desperately wants Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a college professor, with similar professional pursuits and values, she begins to see what life might be like outside the shadow of war.
Written in Ellen Hopkins’s stunning poetic verse style, Collateral captures the hearts of the soldiers on the battlefield and the minds of the friends, family, and lovers they leave behind. While those at home may be far from the relentless, sand-choked skies of the Middle East and the crosshairs of a sniper rifle, they, too, sacrifice their lives and happiness for their country at war. And all must eventually ask themselves if the collateral damage it causes is worth the fight.
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COLLATERAL
Loving Any Soldier
Is extremely hard. Loving a Marine who’s an aggressive frontline marksman
is almost impossible, especially when he’s deployed . . .
. . . Cole’s battalion has already deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. Draw-down be damned, Helmand Province and beyond
looks likely for his fourth go-round. You’d think it would get easier. But ask
me, three scratch-free homecomings make another less likely in the future.
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